Saturday, August 11, 2007 | 12:40 AM

I know, everyone is struggling.

Struggling to get use to the feeling of having to get used to something new.

But somehow, everything is fine now. Something about this warm, sunny afternoon spent with a Neil Gaiman novel in my hands, and a song in my head has made everything right.

People who have watched Proposal Daisakusen should be familar with this song ba. :)

http://adtrapper.imeem.com/music/R1BVxOml/chiisana_koi_no_uta/

And this is one particular passage in Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman which I particularly liked,

"It made Richard feel as if he were thirteen yeards old again, listening to the Top Twenty on his best friend's transistor radio at school during lunch hour, back when pop music had mattered as it only can in your early teenage years."

I don't know. Watching Proposal Daisakusen, and reading Neverwhere all within the short span of two days seemed to be a conclusion of some sort for me. Somehow, something has ended without my understanding and knowing, and it is time for me to accept and finally, embrace it.

The starting of school is like the tastes of a vanilla ice-cream eaten during a breezy summer afternoon while flippantly strolling about in your flip flops.

* ( And yes there are many flavours to a vanilla ice cream cone indeed. There is Longing, Regret, Enjoyment, Joy, Contentment, Anticipation and Reluctance. And according to the ice-cream shop around the new corner, there are two new flavours coming out: Struggles and Acceptance. )

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